Well….darn…up at 5:30 and today I knew there was no point to even trying to get back to sleep….but that worked out okay since I needed to put the recycling bin out and forgot to do it last night…slept a little crappy last night with a lot of tossing and turning and I’m feeling it right now…felt like the bug was going away yesterday but it’s back this morning and that is a little disappointing…but it is not worse so I guess that’s something…I may be able to get back to the trails with the rain and snow melt that happened overnight and I’m looking forward to that…riding on the road is okay but it is too easy to just do 6 miles and call it a day…I need more than that and I’ll be really happy if I can get back out there…damn, I wonder when my heel is ever going to heal? Still hurts like crazy today and now my gout appears to be flaring again…or it’s just from walking on the front of the foot for so long…either way I am so damn tired of it and have tried everything to fix it…might have to get some liquid bandage to pull the cracks back together and see if that will help….not much to do today…need to spend the day looking for houses so I can pull the trigger on one now….more later…

Well…what a morning…with the Mega jackpot at 750 million dollars for tomorrow…I thought I’d go out and get tickets this morning so I wouldn’t have to go in the snow and ice tomorrow…and it didn’t start out good…for some reason, I didn’t remember to disconnect the battery Tuesday so the car barely started…then the parking brake was frozen up since I had not lubricated it this year so I could barely move the car as I went out to the atm to get some cash out…on the way there, the car was pulling like crazy to one side and I assumed it was one of the rear brakes still hanging up but when I got back here and started working on the rear brakes, I noticed that the right front tire was soft and that was why it was pulling so bad…I had just filled the tires Tuesday to get ready for the run to Muskegon that never happened so I’m hoping that it was just the valve hanging up…if not, I’m thawing my fix a flat so I can put some of that in it…might have to pull it off and look for a puncture…I’ve got material to fix it so no big deal….and my new compressor really fills it fast so that was cool….

Well…running a little late this morning even with waking up at 4:24…I did get back to sleep for a short time and got up for good at 6:30 or so and it’s taken me 45 minutes to get to the point I can think and do this…I do have a cold but don’t feel too bad…yet…just a little sore throat and coughing but not tired and I can still smell and taste so it’s not too serious….it ‘s working up to a month that I have been hobbling around with a crack in my heel and I’m not sure what to do about it…have been treating it with antibiotics and super duper heel cream but nothing seems to help….think I’ll look on the internet this morning to see if there is something else I can do…I did get a bike ride in yesterday but the trails are still covered in ice and snow so I was back on the streets again…and that’s not bad…at least I can get out and work up a sweat…with screwing around on the computer all day, I didn’t get much else done but clean the stove top…have to stop wearing my glasses around here…things look perfectly fine when I don’t but ick when I do….so more cleaning today and more house hunting….running out of time…more later….

Well…have been screwing around trying to get myself scheduled for a covid vaccine for the past damn week and finally…I was able to get the mychart app to work so I could access my account at Spectrum health and get that done this afternoon…still going to be two months til I can get one since they don’t have any but I’m now registered everywhere so I’ll get notification as soon as one is available…spent the whole damn day on it and found out that my colon cancer test came back negative so I can breathe a little easier…but I have lots of other tests that need to be done but I’m not even going to think of those until I get the vaccine….now I need to get back to finding a house….

Well….with all of the crap going on in my life right now, there was one small bit of good news that came in my electric bill yesterday…ever since I moved in here, my bill has been over 100 dollars a month and a lot of that was the downstairs project that I had going until a couple of months ago…the last one before I shut it down was almost 120 bucks and I was curious how much was the project, and how much was just normal electrical usage…so, when I opened the bill, I was pleasantly surprised with the small bit of good news that came in it…only 48 bucks and I think there may have been a little bit of the project still in it so I may see normal in my last bill here next month….I needed a little good news….

Well…running a little late this morning and I just can’t get started…still depressed about losing the house yesterday but I am only going to let that affect me a little while longer…need to move on and keep putting one foot in front of the other…slept okay last night and made it all the way til 7 in bed…woke up at 5 but didn’t get up til 7….was feeling like I was getting a bug yesterday and I still feel like I have a cold or something and usually get at least one every year so I’m not too surprised…don’t feel bad enough for it to be the flu or anything else so I guess I’ll just take come vitamin C and hope that helps…it could also be that I’m not eating enough with only one meal for the past three days in a row and I’m sure that 800 calories a day is not enough to feel good…didn’t get on the bike yesterday but I am going to do two laps of my 6 mile loop today since it’s already 33 out there and that’s warm enough to go….I do need to clean some today but that won’t be til later…I do need more coffee and to catch up on the news and I need to register to get the vaccine when it’s available…so that will give me something to do this morning….more later…

Well…this really sucks…the house I wanted in Muskegon was sold this morning and now I don’t think I’ll find one in time to be out of here in March….man, I’m depressed….

Well…feel pretty crappy this morning and I think I have a cold…darn…slept okay but I think I didn’t eat enough yesterday with only having a meal at lunch since I didn’t get on the bike…just couldn’t do the cold….I think I may have found a house but it’s out in Muskegon and I’m not sure how I feel about that….only 89K and it’s 2,000 sf with a garage big enough to hold two Miatas…small lot but only 2 miles to a cool bike trail that would take me out to Lake Michigan…and, I don’t see anyone around here anymore so leaving GR isn’t that big of a deal…so, I think I’m going to drive out to take a  look at it today….after I do the grocery run so I might not get on the bike for a second day….and I may even offer less for it if I like it…has been on the market since November and they may take 85 for it…and that would make the payments only about 350 bucks a month….and I can swing that…I do need to not get my hopes up since houses always look better in the photos….didn’t get anything done yesterday and I think it’s from being depressed about my housing situation…just can’t get motivated to do anything right now….not much to do today…just going to look at the house and then take the rest of the day off….I am prepping myself for more disappointment….more later….

Well…damn, running late again today and it’s just because I can’t get going…no motivation at all and I wonder why that would be…probably because I’m running out of time here and that is pretty depressing…there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel with my heel since I can put a little pressure on it this morning and the pain seems to have changed to more of a dull throb than the sharp, piercing stab that it was…but, it still hurts to walk and it appears that both feet hurt from all of the favoring I’ve been doing to my right…will probably take a while to get my gait back to normal…I did get a bike ride in yesterday and went pretty hard but I need to up the mileage…6-8 miles is just not enough…I may go over to take a look at the trail this morning and see if any of it is passable but it’s been so cold overnight that there hasn’t been much melting going on…and the bike lanes on the road are clear…for now…so I don’t have to think much when I’m riding and that’s the only way to clear my head on the bike…I think I’m begining to be a slug with not getting anything done for another day yesterday…I know it’s hard to walk or stand with the foot pain but I need to drag my ass up and get going today….at least to start packing for the move…going to try harder today with the improvement in my foot….but not right now…need more coffee and to tread the news first…my last little luxury and I’m not ready to give that up yet….more later….

Well…running late this morning with not getting out of bed until almost 7 but I still feel a bit slow today and I think it’s from staying up late and not eating enough…but that’s becoming normal for me and I’m not sure if I like it or not…no luck on healing up the heel yet and that makes it two weeks I’ve been hobbling around and I fear that this is going to be a permanent fixture in my life….and I sure don’t like that…I did get a ride in yesterday and I hope to today, too, but it will have to wait again until the afternoon with the temp being too damn cold right now…didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I am going to get back to packing stuff up to get ready for the move in two months and I need to clean, too, but I need a lot more coffee before I even think about starting that…and I am a little depressed that I’m not getting any houses in my e-mail, didn’t get one yesterday and that is not good…will have to pull the trigger in the next week to prevent having to move into an apartment but that looks less and less possible….not much to do today…and that is true…I do need to sign up for the vaccine so I can get it as soon as it’s available but that will come in a little while…need coffee and more coffee right now just to stay awake…more later…